THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE

I first encountered the term “obligatory fight-scene” when Steve Gerber used it in an issue of HOWARD THE DUCK. I doubt that Gerber originat...

I could spend fruitless hours rebutting this article: http://zeroforconduct.com/2008/07/26/throwing-down.aspx But what's funniest about ...

(As with my Hulk piece, the following is not a general review of all aspects of the Chris Nolan THE DARK KNIGHT movie (2008): the type where...

I'm currently playing around with the notion that all literary genres as we now know them could be extrapolated as coming from three maj...

In addition to maligning the defenders of Golden Age comics, Beaty also takes issue with many of the media-effects czars who failed to give ...

One of the most surprising aspects of Bart Beaty's FREDERIC WERTHAM & THE CRITIQUE OF MASS CULTURE is how little space Beaty devotes...

Up to Chapter 4, Beaty sedulously avoids saying much about Dr. W's critique of comic books in order to build up a fuller picture of Wert...